Improvement in the manufacture of blind-hinge hooks



W. H. McINTOSH. Y improvement in the Manufacture of Blind-Hinge Hooks.126,150.

Patented April 30, 1872.

Inventor:

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. MGINTOSH, OF NEEDHAM UPPER FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BLIND-HINGE HOOKS;

SPECIFICATION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WM. H. MGINTOSH, of N eedha-ni Upper Falls, in thecounty of Norfolk, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented a newand Improved Mode of Making Solid-Shoulder Blind-Hinge Hooks; and [dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to theletters of reference marked thereon making a part of this specification;J

The nature of my invention consists in the preparatory mode of cuttingthe iron which is to be formed into a hook by cutting out the blankforms, so as to have those portions which are to be formed into thebrace and spindle upon opposite sides of the shank by cutting the heador shoulder of the hook alternately from each side of the plate, leavingthe plate prepared for the next cutting with little or no loss of stock.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe its construction.

I take any good iron of the proper Width and thickness, according to thesize of hook required, and cut the piece which I intend to make into ahook from the iron in the manner shown at A, Fig. 1. I then separate theparts A and B, Fig. 2, from the shank O as far as the shoulder D, in themanner shown in Fig. 3. The short arm A and the long arm B, Fig. 3, Ithen forge into shape, making, respectively, the brace A and spindle B,as shown in Fig. 4, the whole forming the hook, substantially as setforth.

IVhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

' The mode of cutting the blank which is to be formed into a hook,having the stock from which the brace and spindle is formed upon thesides of the shank, in the manner set forth and described.

WM. H. MoINTOSl-I.

Witnesses:

JAMES NIoKELsoN, REUBEN KAHERL.

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